In the British town of Hay-on-Wye on May 22 starts Festival of Literature and Art which can rightly be called a paradise for bibliophiles.
The main theme of this festival is the literature and everything connected with it. Such impressive array of bookshops can make one feel dizzy: millions of second-hand and antiquarian books are sold there. You may look through and review all those treasures gathered in the shelves of thirty major outlets.
The first Literary Festival was held in 1960 by the bookseller Richard Booth.
The man opened the shop in the old city firehouse. Over time he gained followers and by 1970 Hay came to be well-known as the town of books. And seven years later, Booth proclaimed this area a Kingdom of Books with himself as a king, and his horse was honoured with an office of the Prime Minister.
Inventive advertising enhanced the city status and attracted large number visitors that changed the face of the local economy. Festival of Literature and Arts is now sponsored by Тhe Guardian.
Every spring tent camp grows here. Over the time celebration of literature only expanded its cultural agenda which now includes movie premieres, musical performances and a lot of pleasant entertainments at fabulous venue.
On May 16, 1763 in one of the bookstores in London, well-known literary critic, author of the landmark Dictionary of the English Language Samuel Johnson and James Boswell met. As a result one the greatest biographies ever written was born, and the world got another holiday - International Biographer's Day.
Winter trout festival in Hwacheon-gun is the beautiful place to enjoy winter fishing. Every year thousands of tourists come there to eat fish and relax sledging.
As it is reported by the edition France24, at the auction in Paris the most famous gun in the story of French literature has been sold. The poet Paul Verlain tried to shot his love partner using the stated weapon directing to bullet to another famous literature activist Arthur Rimbaud.
On the 7-th of December in international mass media the information appeared claiming that Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez sent the manuscripts of his own books to the approval of Fidel Castro.
The citizens of Spain admire festivals where they can look at others and show their advantages. It is worth to recall at least their numerous battles with food including La Tomatina as one of the most famous ones. However, at the festival El Cascamorras nobody throws food. Instead, people out stains onto themselves with oily substance and try to stain others.
The remains of Columbian laureate of Nobel Prize for literature Gabriel Garcia Marquez were buried in the repository of University of Cartagena. They had been moved from Mexico where the writer died two years ago at the age of 87.
Ice-cream in Italy meets a ready market, especially its local kind called as gelato. Italians love and appreciate gelato so much that they would not mind dedicating the entire festival to this dessert.
The house where the parts of acts from the first part of movie about a little magician Harry Potter started shooting will be opened for the public for the first time.
Harbin city is the capital of Heilongjiang province located in Northeast China. During the long winter months, the temperature here may reach -20 degree. These days International Ice Festival is held.
In Southern Dacota (USA) for the travelers the construction similar to the house of hobbit Bilbo Baggins has been built. As The Daily Mail reports, night at the apartments situated on the tree in five meters over the ground will cost 675 dollars.
The connoisseurs of the collection of stories about the magician Harry Potter written by Joanne Rowling will be offered to take part in the Christmas dinner party in the main hall of Hogwarts castle, as Cosmopolitan UK reports.
On the 16-th of September, in Italian city Verona holiday of Juliet’s birthday is celebrated, in honor of outstanding Shakespearian heroine of the most painful story under the sun.
Several celebrities may boast of their own stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Spanish people conjured the project considered as more majestic for their literal star.
